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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Flywheel

    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/AFlywheel is a managed Wordpress hosting specialist supported by WP Engine, boasting creative and design agency tools, plugins, and white label services for designers who choose Flywheel as their hosting provider.

    $15

    per month

    GreenGeeks

    Score1 out of 10
    N/AGreenGeeks is a green energy web hosting provider putting back into the grid through wind energy that we consume. The company offers Shared, Reseller, VPS and Dedicated Server packages for those just starting out all the way up to the professionals.

    $2.95

    per month

    Pricing
    FlywheelGreenGeeks
    Editions & Modules
    Tiny
    $15.00
    per month 1 site
    Starter
    $30.00
    per month 1 site
    Freelance
    $115.00
    per month up to 10 sites
    Agency
    $290.00
    per month up to 30 sites
    Custom
    Contact sales team
    Lite/WordPress
    $2.95
    per month
    Pro Web /WordPress
    $5.95
    per month
    Premium/WordPress
    $10.95
    per month
    RH-25
    $19.95
    per month
    RH-50
    $25.95
    per month
    RH-80
    $34.95
    per month
    VPS 2GB
    $39.95
    per month
    VPS 4GB
    $59.95
    per month
    VPS 8GB
    $109.95
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    FlywheelGreenGeeks
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual pricing equal to about 2 months free.—
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    FlywheelGreenGeeks
    Small Businesses
    Cloudways
    Score10 out of 10
    Flywheel
    Score9.9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    WP Engine
    Score8.8 out of 10
    WP Engine
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    User Ratings
    FlywheelGreenGeeks
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    FlywheelGreenGeeks
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    WP Engine
    Flywheel is particularly well-suited for hands-on WordPress managed hosting. It's also perfect for developers who build site's locally on Local and then want an effortless way to import them into their managed hosting environment. Flywheel particularly excels in scenarios where a customer needs managed. WordPress hosting that handles daily backups and offers test and live environments for a reasonable price.
    Incentivized
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    GreenGeeks
    If you are looking for a shared hosting service, Green Geeks pricing is comparable to most vendors. T2 tech support is generally knowledgeable, T1 is responsive via chat, but often is not able to resolve issues (other than KB questions). Load balancing on a shared server is difficult for all vendors, since individual website usage is hard to predict. Vendors have different ways of dealing with this - some simply do not guarantee resource limits (e.g. available memory, PHP threads, etc). Green Geeks does provide resource limits as part of their contracts, but they frequently downgrade those limits, presumably to address overloaded servers. BUT BE AWARE - I believe GreenGeeks uses unethical practices when a customer wants to cancel. It is my personal experience that they make it extremely difficult / impossible to cancel a contract. I feel the process is not transparent and they will ignore emails directing them to cancel. In my experience, they will then proceed to charge customers for a renewed contract. I believe multiple customers have reported this problem.
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    Pros
    WP Engine
    • Customer Service
    • User Interface
    • User Experience
    • Creative Support
    Incentivized
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    GreenGeeks
    • T1 support generally responds w/i 15-30 minutes
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    Cons
    WP Engine
    • Flywheel is more expensive than many hosting companies
    Incentivized
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    GreenGeeks
    • In my personal experience, the billing department uses unethical practices when customers cancel subs.
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    Alternatives Considered
    WP Engine
    Compared to WP Engine and Pantheon, Flywheel offers the most affordable and easy-to-use managed hosting platform for WordPress websites. I actually prefer Flywheel's UI a bit more to WP Engine's. Media Temple simply doesn't offer an affordable hosting option that particularly caters to WordPress websites. Flywheel has become my favorite among managed hosting platforms that are targeted on servicing WordPress developers.
    Incentivized
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    GreenGeeks
    From a technical perspective, all shared server vendors are comparable. Bluehost has terrible customer support. A2 is more expensive, but has more personalized support.
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    Return on Investment
    WP Engine
    • Fast/easy to create new sites with blueprints
    • Easy to work locally with Local
    Incentivized
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    GreenGeeks
    • Throttling servers impacted website availability.
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